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This evening will be a celebration of Dr Amy Hale's spellbinding new Tate Publishing book, Magic: Beyond the Supernatural in Contemporary Art . Drawing from the book’s global survey of 45 groundbreaking artists, this event uncovers how artists invoke ancestral knowledge, experiment with altered states and rewrite the rules of modern art history. Whether you are an art lover, a student of the occult or simply curious about the boundaries of human creativity, this evening promises to transform how you view contemporary art. The evening will conclude with a Q&A session with both speakers, followed by a book signing with Amy. Dr Amy Hale (Author) Dr. Amy Hale is an Atlanta based writer, curator and critic and an Honorary Research Fellow with Falmouth University in Cornwall, UK. She has written widely on the surrealist occultist Ithell Colquhoun, and served as academic advisor to the 2025 Colquhoun retrospective at Tate St. Ives and Tate Britain. Publications include Ithell Colquhoun: Genius of the Fern Loved Gully , Sex Magic: Diagrams of Love , and the edited collection Essays on Women in Western Esotericism: Beyond Seeresses and Sea Priestesses . Scholarly and critical essays have been published by Tate, Burlington Contemporary, Art UK, The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Correspondences Journal and the Whitney Museum. Jamie Sutcliffe (Speaker) Jamie Sutcliffe is a writer, curator, and co-director of Strange Attractor Press. He is the editor of Documents of Contemporary Art: Magic (MIT Press), and Weeb Theory (Banner Repeater). His essays, reviews, and interviews have been published internationally by Art Monthly , Art Review , e-flux , Frieze , The White Review , Rhizome , The Quietus , and Bricks from the Kiln amongst others. He is Associate Lecturer in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art, University of the Arts, London and is currently working on a book about the cybernetic afterlives of cartoons for Breakdown Press. All Tate Modern entrances are step-free. You can enter via the Turbine Hall and into the Natalie Bell Building on Holland Street, or into the Blavatnik Building on Sumner street. There are lifts to every floor of the Blavatnik and Natalie Bell buildings. Alternatively you can take the stairs. Fully accessible toilets are located on every floor on the concourses. A quiet room is available to use in the Natalie Bell Building on Level 4. Ear defenders can be borrowed from the Ticket desks. To help plan your visit to Tate Modern, have a look at our visual story . It includes photographs and information about what you can expect from a visit to the gallery. Download Tate Modern map For more information before your visit: Email hello@tate.org.uk Call +44 (0)20 7887 8888 (daily 10.00–17.00) Check all Tate Modern accessibility information

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